Dendritic cell-based nanovaccines for cancer immunotherapy

LE Paulis, S Mandal, M Kreutz, CG Figdor - Current opinion in immunology, 2013 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy critically relies on the efficient presentation of tumor antigens to T-
cells to elicit a potent anti-tumor immune response aimed at life-long protection against …

When liposomes met antibodies: Drug delivery and beyond

J Di, F Xie, Y Xu - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug encapsulated liposomes and monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) are two distinctively
different classes of therapeutics, but both aim to become the ultimate “magic bullet”. While …

Engineered materials for cancer immunotherapy

AS Cheung, DJ Mooney - Nano today, 2015 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy is a promising treatment modality for cancer as it can promote specific and
durable anti-cancer responses. However, limitations to current approaches remain …

Biomaterial-based platforms for modulating immune components against cancer and cancer stem cells

N Desai, U Hasan, K Jeyashree, R Mani, M Chauhan… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy involves the therapeutic alteration of the patient's immune system to identify,
target, and eliminate cancer cells. Dendritic cells, macrophages, myeloid-derived …

Particle-Based Artificial Antigen-Presenting Cell Systems for T Cell Activation in Adoptive T Cell Therapy

F Hou, Z Guo, MT Ho, Y Hui, CX Zhao - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
T cell-based adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has emerged as a promising treatment for various
diseases, particularly cancers. Unlike other immunotherapy modalities, ACT involves directly …

Engineering nano‐therapeutics to boost adoptive cell therapy for cancer treatment

C Zheng, J Zhang, HF Chan, H Hu, S Lv, N Na… - Small …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although adoptive transfer of therapeutic cells to cancer patients is demonstrated with great
success and fortunately approved for the treatment of leukemia and B‐cell lymphoma …

[HTML][HTML] Bioengineering of artificial antigen presenting cells and lymphoid organs

C Wang, W Sun, Y Ye, HN Bomba, Z Gu - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The immune system protects the body against a wide range of infectious diseases and
cancer by leveraging the efficiency of immune cells and lymphoid organs. Over the past …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic cell-mimicking scaffolds for ex vivo T cell expansion

HS Kim, TC Ho, MJ Willner, MW Becker, HW Kim… - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose an ex vivo T cell expansion system that mimics natural antigen-presenting cells
(APCs) for adoptive cell therapy (ACT). Microfiber scaffolds coated with dendritic cell (DC) …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomal tetraspanins mediate cancer metastasis by altering host microenvironment

J Lu, J Li, S Liu, T Wang, A Ianni, E Bober, T Braun… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The metastases of malignant tumors develop through a cascade of events. The
establishment of a pre-metastatic micro-environment is initiated by communication between …

T cell immunotherapy enhanced by designer biomaterials

ZS Dunn, J Mac, P Wang - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy has recently burst onto the center stage of cancer treatment and
research. T lymphocyte adoptive cellular transfer (ACT), a form of cancer immunotherapy …